jaraco / jaraco/cssutils

Parsing RGBA hex codes fails (feature from CSS Color Module 4)

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Description

When a stylesheet with RGBA hex codes is parsed, it triggers `ERROR`-level logs.

Quick proof from an interactive Python session using `cssutils==2.15.0`:

```bash
$ python
Python 3.12.3 (main, Jun 19 2026, 12:46:00) [GCC 13.3.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import cssutils
>>> cssutils.parseString("body { color: #00808080; }")
ERROR PropertyValue: Missing token for production Choice(ColorValue, Dimension, URIValue, Value, variable, MSValue, CSSCalc, function): ('HASH', '#00808080', 1, 15)
ERROR No content to parse.
ERROR PropertyValue: Unknown syntax or no value: #00808080
ERROR CSSStyleDeclaration: Syntax Error in Property: color: #00808080
cssutils.css.CSSStyleSheet(href=None, media=None, title=None)
```

_CSS Color Module 4_ documents that as a supported syntax (8-digits): https://drafts.csswg.org/css-color/#hex-notation

I guess it's linked to #29 which covers a generic need to implement features from the _CSS Color Module 4_.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with cssutils.parseString("body { color: #00808080; }") and trace the parser path for color values. Check the existing handling of CSS Color Module 4 hex notation; done means 8-digit RGBA hex colors parse without ERROR-level logs or property syntax errors.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
web-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
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Clarity
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Newbie friendliness
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